Assembling machine



Jan. 14, 1947. -E.QUIN N 2,414,167

ASSEMBLING MACHINE Filed April 14, 1945 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 1319]." vInventor Edward Quinn Jan. 14, 1947.

AS SEMBLING MACHINE Filed April 14, 1945 a Sheets- Sheet s InventorEdward Quinn By z o y E. QUINN 2,414,167 I Patented Jan. 14, 19472,414,167 ASSEMBLING MACHINE Edward Quinn,

Saugus, Mass, assignor to United Shoe Machinery Corporation,Fl'emington, N. J a corporation of New Jersey Application. April 14,1945, Serial No. 588,326

33 Claims.

This invention relates to machines for assembling lined uppers andcounters and is herein illustrated as embodied in a machine of the typeillustrated in United States Letters Patent No. 2,318,632, granted May11, 1943, on my application.

Assembling machines of this type are provided with means for supportingthe rear part of an upper which has not been mounted on its last, acounter carrier for automatically inserting a counter into the supportedupper, and means engaging the foot contacting surface of the lining andwiping the lining heightwise from the top seam to the lasting margin tocause it to adhere to the cement treated surface of the counter. Inautomatically inserting the counter into the upper, folds or wrinklescommonly occur in the linit frequently happens that after the counterhas been fully inserted into the upper the top line of the upper is notin alinement heigh Wise of the upper with the top line of the counter.In the operation of the machine illustrated in the most desirableresults in the preparation of the lining for the wiping operation.

It is an obect of the present invention to provide in a machine of thetype above referred to means operating automatically to eliminate thefolds or wrinkles formed in the lining by the automatic insertion of thecounter and to bring the top line of the upper into registration withthe top line of the counter. With the above objects in view theinvention in one aspect thereof consists in the provision in a machinefor assembling uppers and counters having automatic means forpositioning a, lined upper and a counter in assembled relation to eachother, of lining wiping means constructed and arranged to engage thecounter attaching surface of the lining. In the illustrated organizationsaid lining wiping means exerts a force on the lining in the directionof the toe end of the upper to eliminate folds or wrinkles formed in thelining by the automatic insertion of the counter. Said means, as hereinshown, comprises a blade which is inserted between the counter and thelining, said blade preferably being mounted on the counter carrier. Inthe illustrated wiper assembly the wiping operation is effectedsimultaneously at opposite sides of the heel portion of the upper by twosuch blades mounted at opposite sides of the counter carrier. Inaccordance with a further feature of the invention the Wiper blades aregages a pair of arms connected respectively to said wiper blades.

In order that the wiper blades during their toe- It is a furtherobjectof the invention to provide in a machine for assembling uppers andcounters a counter carrier adapted to handle straight or partiallymolded counters. Counters of this sort are substantially fiat oroutspread as they come to the assembling operation and, therefore,cannot conveniently be handled in a counter carrier adapted to handlemolded counters. for the automatic assembling of a supportedupmountingmembers constructed and arranged to receive a. straight or partiallymolded counter in flat or outspread condition and to bend it intogeneral conformity to the outline of the heel portion of the supportedupper. The essential feature of the illustrated carrier comprisescounter mounting members herein illustrated as counter wing engaging,members constructed and. arranged for relative movement to alter theshape of a counter mounted therein. The illustrated counter carrier isalso provided with means for mounting the lbaCk part or central portionof a counter, said back part mounting means and the Wing supports abovereferred to, in accordance with a further feature of the relativeadjustment endwise of For efiecting the counter closing and arranged forthe counter.

illustrated in Fig.6

movement of the counter wing supporting members the illustrated machineisv provided with means herein illustrated as rigidly mounted membersconstructed and arranged to operate on the plates which carry said wingengaging members to cause them to move toward each other during thecounter inserting movement of the carrier.

These and other features of the invention will now be described withreference to the accompanying drawings and pointed out in the appendedclaims.

In the drawings,

Fig, 1 is a side elevation illustrating a portion of a machine forassembling uppers and counters and showing particularly mechanismembodying features of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation somewhat enlarged illustrating a countercarrier constructed and arranged to receive straight or partially moldedcounters;

Fig. 3 is, .a detail view of the counter carrier;

Figs. 4 and 5 are detail views of the carrier looking heightwise of acounter mounted therein and showing the counter wing supporting membersin two different positions;

Fig. 6 is a detail view of a counter carrier having-mounted thereon alining wiper blade embodying features of the present invention;

Fig. '7 is another view of the counter carrier looking generallyheightwise of a'counter mounted on the carrier; and

Fig. 8 is a view in side elevation showing the counter carrier 'of-Fig.6 in combination with the lining-wipers which operate upon the footreceiving surface of the lining. In its general organization theillustrated machine is substantially the same as the machine illustratedin United States Letters Patent No. 2,318,632, above referred "to. Themachine illustrated in said'patent is provided with gripper jawsconstructed and arranged to engage the top margin of alined upper in theregion of the neckline or back seam of the upper, a pair of wiper jawsmovable heightwise of the upper along the back seam to straighten saidseam and to apply tension thereto, a counter carrier for inserting acounter into a lined upper supported by said'jaws and a pair of liningwipers movable upwardly into the interior of the heel portion of theupper to wipe the lining against the inner surface of a counter mountedon the carrier and positioned within the heel portion of the upper.

Referring to Fig. 1 the illustrated machine is provided with a table itfrom which two parallel plates 12 extend upwardly to provide the framefor the machine head. Mounted between the arcuate central portions ofsaid plates are the gripper jaws i4 and [6 which engage the top marginof the upper at the back seam, and wiper jaws l3 and 2% which operate onthe back seam portion of the upper. The wiper jaw 20 is mountedon a bar2| carried by a slide 22 which travels on the arcuate central portionsof the plates I2, and the wiper jaw i8 is formed in an arm 24 projectingdownwardly from an upward extension of said slide.

The counter carrier illustrated in Fig. 1 is substantially the same inits construction and operation as the counter carrier illustrated inUnited States Letters Patent No. 2,318,632 above referred to. Saidcounter carrier includes a holder 26 constructed and arranged to receivethe flange atthe heel portion of the counter and arms 28 which engagethe wing portions of the counter 4 and orient the counter in thecarrier. The couriter carrier is mounted at one end of a lever 30pivotally mounted between the plates 52 and operable to move the countercarrier downwardly .in the penforrnance of the counter insertingoperation.

Referring now to Fig. 6 two arms 32 are secured to opposite sides of thecounter carrier, each of said arms mounting an arcuate wiper blade 34which in its operative position is so mounted that its concave edge isoriented toward the ends of the counter wings. In the counter insertingoperation of the counter carrier the wiper blades are inserted orpositioned between the inner surface of the counter and the counterattaching surface of the lining. Each wiper'blade 34 is freely mountedon a pin 36 projecting from the end portion of the arm 32 and positionedat such an angle relatively to a plane bisecting the counter that thewiper blade in its wiping movement follows generally the line of thecounter. wing when the counter is outspread slightly, asillustrated inFig. '7, to facilitate the lining wiping operation. The wiper blade, asshown in 7, is bent heightwise of the counter to cause it to conformgenerally to the heightwise curvature of the counter so that it will notcause any considerable displacement of the lining'frorn the counter inthe wiping operation. For actuating the wiper blades there is secured tothe hub of each of said blades an arm GE! shaped similarly to the wiperblade as seen in side elevation in Fig. 6. As seen in Fig. '7 the arms46 lie in parallel adjacent planes extending longitudinally through thecentral ortion of the counter. In its rest position each wiper blade 34and its actuating arm Ml are in the position illustrated in Figs. 6 to 8in which position the wiper blades are substantially adjacent to theback line of the counter and at the limit of their movement toward eachother. The actuating arms at are at the limit of their movement towardthe back line portion of the counter and so arranged that their freeendportions project downwardly beyond the edge of the counter. The wiperblades are actuated simultaneously by means engaging the free endportions of the arms to and causing them to swing in a counterclockwisedirection, as seen in Fig. 6. In the illustrated machine the wiperblades are actuated by the engagement of a plate 42 (Fig. 8) with thefree ends of the arms 48, said plate forming the upper surface of acarrier on which are mounted a pair of lining wiper plates M which aresubstantially the same in their construction and operation as the liningwiper plates illustrated and described in United States Letters PatentNo. 2,318,632 above referred to. The wiper carrier is mounted onparallel vertical arms 46 which move upwardly to cause the lining wipers44 to wipe the lining 43 at the heel portion of the upper 50 heightwiseof the upper from its top edge 52 to the flange 5d of the counter 56. Inthe course of the upward movement of the lining wipers the plate 42engages the free ends of the arms lid and causes them to swing in acounterclockwise direction, as seen in Fig. 8,

thereby advancing the wiper blades 34 toewardly during the upwardmovement of the lining wiper plates 44. Thus, any folds or wrinklesformed in the lining by the introduction of the counter into the'upperare wiped out by the wiper blades 34 in advance of the operation of thelining wiper plates 44, permitting the wiper plates to wipe the liningsmoothly against the inner surface of the counter. It will be understoodthat the is to be inserted.

of the lining wiper plates M. Upon the completion of the upward movementof the lining wiper plates A l the blades 34 lie in a generallyhorizontal position slightly above the wings of the counter. Upon thecompletion of the lining Wiping operation the lining wiper plates 44 aremoved downwardly or retracted but the wiper blades 3 5 are retained intheir horizontal position by engagement with the wings of the counter,thus leaving the interior of the upper clear for the reception After thevarious operations of the machine are completed and the upper and lastare removed from the machine a torsion spring 58 surrounding the hub ofeach wiper blade 34 returns each blade to its rest position shown inFigs. 6 and 7.

In Figs. 2 to 5 there is illustrated a counter carrier constructed andarranged to handle straight or partially molded counters. This countercarrier is so constructed and arranged that it may be mounted on thelever to in place of the counter carrier illustrated in l. Counters ofthe various types suitable for mounting in the counter carrierillustrated in Figs. 2 to 5 are usually initially shaped or clam-shellmolded in the region of the back line but have no flange formed thereinand in their normal position are outspread as shown in broken lines inFig. 3. For mounting counters having these characteristics theillustrated counter carrier is provided with central counter holdersherein illustrated as par- 3) secured to parallel arms 62 which, asshown in Fig. 3, project downwardly from plates 56 so mounted on theframe 55 as to be angularly adjustable within the limits afforded by anarcuate slot ill (Fig. 2) and a clamping screw (59. The counter holdersare secured to the arms 62 by headed screwsfifi which extend throughslots 65 (Fig. 2) in the arms d2, permit ting adjustment of said counterholders, said adjustment being in the direction of the length of anupper mounted in the machine when the counter is inserted therein. Formounting the wings of the counter two gripper members or holders 70 areeach arranged to project perpendicularly from the bottom of a plate 72(Fig. 3), being attached to said plate by a headed screw 74 so as topermit a swiveling movement of the holder Hi. Each holder comprises arigid jaw 76 formed by cutting a rectangular section out of the endportion or". an arm it and a resilient jaw herein illustrated as aspring at secured to the arm 15 and curved inwardly to engage therecessed surface forming the work engaging portion of the rigid jaw it.The shoulder 82 formed in the arm it? provides a suitablegage fordetermining the heightwise position of the counter wing in the holder.The arm is mounted in a channel member 84, being the member which ismounted for swiveling movement on the plate 72. The arm 73 islongitudinally adjustable in said channel member and is secured inadjusted position by a clamping screw By adjusting the arm 73 in thechanneled member the counter wing may be adjusted heightwise thereofrelatively to the back line portion of the counter in order to vary thepitch of the counter to suit the construction of the upper'into whichthe counter Each plate "it is pivotally mounted on a headed bolt 28fixed in an ear 9B projecting from a plate s2 (Fig. a) secured tocounter so as to position of the counter tensions i it the body portionof the counter carrier. During the counter inserting movement of thecounter carrier the plates 72 are automatically swung inwardly fromtheir position in Fig. 4 to their position illustrated in Fig. 5 inorder to closethe it to be inserted into the heel portion of a supportedupper. In the illustrated construction such 12 is efiected by theengagement of their curved outer edges 9 3 with a pair of bent armsrigidly securedto the upper portions of the plates i2 and extendingdivergently forward therefrom so that their outer end portions arearranged to intercept the plates 12 during the downward movement of thecounter carrier, causing them to swing inwardly as'above described. iheinward movement of the plate 12 is assisted by tension springs as (Fig.4-) and said springs continue to operate on the plates 72 after theyhave which serve to limit the inward plates TF2 and, consequently, theclosing action of the counter. The stops B2 are short parallel barsloosely mounted for adustment toward and from each other on a right andleft-hand threaded screw HM mounted a crosshead Hi8 secured to anextension lid of the plate 92. The stop members H32, as seen in Fig. 3,extend forwardly from the screw ill l through slots in the crossheadiilil which position said stop members relatively to the end portion H33of the plates 12,=said slots being identified by the numeral I It inFig. 5. Itwill be seen that by turning the screw Hi l the stop members02 may be-adjusted toward or from each other, as required, to vary theextent of the movement of the plates lz toward each other. Thus, thewidth inits closed position, as seen in Fig. 5, may be varied to agreewith the 'idth of the heel portion of the upper into which the counteris to be inserted. During the return or retracting movement of thecounter carrier exof the plates 12 engage the bent causing said platesto swing inserting operation.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim asnew and desire tosecure by Letters Patent of. the United States is:

.1. Ina machine for assembling uppers and in a lug res p'ojecting fromdirection of the toe end of the upper to eliminate folds or wrinkles inthe lining.

3. In a machine for assembling uppers and counters, the combination withmeans for positioning a lined upper and a flanged counter in assembledrelation to each other and means for wiping the lining at the heelportion of the upper heightwise from the top margin of the upper to theflange of the counter, of means operating on the lining after relativelypositioning the upper and counter and prior to said lining wipingoperation to wipe out folds or wrinkles created in the heel portion ofthe lining by the positioning of the upper and counter in assembledrelation to each other.

4. In a machine for assembling uppers and counters, the combination withmeans for positioning a lined upper and a counter in assembled relationto each other and a wiper for wiping the heel portion of the liningheightwise from the top margin to the lasting margin, of a wiperconstructed and arranged to be positioned between the counter and thelining, and means for moving said last-mentioned wiper toewardly to wipeout any folds or wrinkles created in the heel portion of the lining bythe positioning of the upper and counter in assembled relation to eachother.

5. In a machine for assembling uppers and counters, means forpositioning a lined upper and a counter in assembled relation to eachother, and lining wiping means positioned between the counter and thelining and perable generally lengthwise of the upper.

6. In a machine for assembling uppers and counters, means forpositioning a lined upper and a counter in assembled relation to eachother, a wiper blade constructed and arranged to be inserted between thelining and the counter, and means for moving said blade generallytoewardly of the upper to exert a wiping action on the lining.

7. In a machine for assembling uppers and counters, means including acounter carrier for positioning a lined upper and a c'ounterin assembledrelation to each other, and a wiper blade mounted on the counter carrierand constructed and arranged to exert a wiping action on the lining.

8. In a machine for assembling uppers and counters, means forpositioning a lined upper and a counter in assembled relation to eachother, a pair of wiper blades constructed and arranged to act againstthecounter engaging surface of the lining, and a wiper constructed andarranged to engage the foot contacting surface of the lining, said wiperbeing constructed and arranged to actuate said wiper blades.

9. In a machine for assembling uppers and counters, means forpositioning a lined upper and a counter in assembled relation to eachother, a pair of wiper plates constructed and arranged to operate uponthe foot contactin surface of the lining at the heel end of the upper, apair of wiper blades constructed and arranged to operate upon thecounter engaging surface of the lining, and a common actuator foroperating said plates and said blades in predetermined time relation toeach other.

10. In a machine for assembling lined uppers and counters, thecombination with means for mounting a lined upper, of a counter carrier,means for actuating said carrier to insert a counter into the upper, awiper blade mounted on said carrier and constructed and arranged to \beinto be inserted between the serted between the counter and the lining,lining wipers constructed and arranged to act upon the foot contactingsurface of the lining, a carrier for said wipers, and means actuated bysaid carrier for moving said blade generally toewardly of the upper towipe out any folds or wrinkles in the lining caused by the insertion ofthe counter.

11. In a machine for assembling lined uppers and counters, thecombination with means for mounting a lined upper, of a counter carrier,means for actuating said carrier to insert a counter into the upper, awiper blade mounted on said counter carrier and constructed and arthelining and the ranged to operate between counter, an arm connected tosaid blade and constructed and arranged to extend into the interior ofthe heel portion or" the upper, lining wipers constructed and arrangedto operate upon the foot receiving surface of the lining, a carrier forsaid wipers movable generally heightwise of the upper, said arm beingconstructed and arranged to be actuated by the wiper carrier to movesaid blade generally toewardly of the upper to wipe out any folds orwrinkles caused by the insertion of the counter'into the upper.

12. In a machine for assembling uppers and counters, means forpositioning a lined upper and a counter in assei bled relation to eachother, a wiper blade constru ted and arranged to be inserted between thelining and the counter, an operating member connected to said wiperblade and extending into the interior of the upper; and means movableheightwise of the upper through the interior of the upper andconstructed and arranged to operate said member.

13. In a machine for assembling uppers and counters, means forpositioning a lined upper and a counter in assembled relation to eachother, a pair of wiper blades constructed and arranged lining and thecounter, operating members connected to the wiper blades respectivelyand arranged to extend into the interior of the upper, and a membermovable heightwise of the upper through the interior of its heel portionand constructed and arranged to operate said members.

14. In a machine for assembling uppers and counters, means including acounter carrier for positioning a lined upper and a counter in assembledrelation to each other, a pair of wiper blades pivotally mounted on thecounter carrier for movement generally lengthwise of the upper, saidblades being constructed and arranged to be inserted between the liningand the counter, a pair of arms connected to said wiper bladesrespectively and arranged to extend into the interior of the heelportion of the upper, lining wipers constructed and arranged to engagethe foot com tasting surface of the lining, and a carrier for saidlining wipers constructed and arranged to engage and actuate saidarmsduring its advancing movement.

15. In a machine for assembling uppers and counters, means forpositioning in assembled rela tion to each other a counter and an upperhaving a lining secured thereto by a top seam, and means for positioningthe top margins of the upper and lining relatively to the top margin ofthe counter comprising a wiper blade constructed and arranged to beinserted between the lining and the counter and to extend substantiallyto the top seam.

16. In a machine for assembling uppers and counters, means forpositioning in assembled relation to each other a counter and an upperhaving aiining secured thereto by a top seam, and means mounting membersand a back part mounting for positioning the top margins of the upper amember constructed and arranged to engage the lining relatively to theoVerWiping margin of the counter and to receive the counter with itswing portions offset heightwise thereof and relatively to the wingmounting members.

26. In a machine for assembling uppers and counters, a counter carriercomprising a back serted by bending the counter about said back helining and the counter, said part mounting member.

blade being characterized by a constructionend 27. In a machine forassembling uppers and arrangement whereby said blade during itswipstraight or partially molded counters, a counter ing movement definesa line \vmch register carrier comprising wing engaging membersconaccurately with the op ed e of the counter structed and arranged torecelve a straight or heightwise of the upper. partially molded counterin flat or outspread 18. In a machine for assembling uppers andcondition, and means mounting said Wing encounters, means forpositioning an upper and a gaging members for counter bending movement.counter in assembled relation to each other in- 8 In a machine forassembling uppers and eluding a counter carrier constructed andarcounters, a counter carrier comprising wing enranged to receive acounter in outspread condigaging members, means mounting said wing en-'tlon'and to bend it into general conformity to gaging members forcounter bending movement, the outline of the heel portion of an upper.and means for predetermining the extent of such In a machine forassembling uppers an counter bending movement. counters, means forpositioning an. upper and a 29. In a machine for assembling uppers andcounter in assembled relation to each other incounters, a countercarrier comprising wing-encluding a counter carrier constructed argagingmembers, means mounting said wing enranged to receive a counter inoutspread condigaging members for counter bending movement,

,tion and means operating on the carrier during and stops adjustablewidthwise of the counter its un e inserting movement to bring the fordetermining the extent of such counter bendcounter into generalconformity to the periphery ing movement,

of the heel portion of the upper. 30. In a machine for assembling uppersand i 20. In a machine for assembling uppers and counters, a countercarrier comprising wing encounters, a counter carrier comprising meansfor gaging members, means mounting said wing enmounting the back part ofa counter and means aging members for counter bending movement,

mounting means being relatively movable to gaging members in apredetermined counter rebend the counter into general conformity to theceiving position, and means operating auto peripheral curvature of therear part of an upper. matically during movement of the counter carrier21. In a machine for assembling uppers and to eifectthe counter bendingmovement of said straight or partially molded counters, the comwingengaging members. bination with means for mounting an upper, of a 31. Ina machine for assembling uppers and counter support comprising countermounting counters, a counter carrier comprising wing enmembersconstructed and arranged to rece v a gaging members, means mounting saidwing enstraight or partially molded counter in fiat or outgaging membersfor counter bending movement the counter into general conformity to thepe movement of the counter carrier in one direction riphery of the heelportion of the upper. to move the wing engaging members to bend the 22.In a machine for assembling uppers and counter and operating duringmovement of the counters, a counter carrier comprising means for carrierin another direction to return the Wing mounting the back part of acounter, and wing en aging members to their initial position. mountingmembers movable relatively to said 32. In a machine for assemblinguppers and back part mounting means to establish a precounters, acounter carrier comprising wing endetermined curvature of the counter.gaging members, plates mounting said wing en- 23. In a machine forassembling uppers and aging members, and means pivotally mountingcounters, a counter carrier comprising back part said plates forswinging movement about axes mounting members being adjustableheightwise gage fixed members during movement of the of the counter toalter the pitch of the counter in counter carrier to actuate saidplates.

the carrier. I 33. Ina machine for assembling uppers and 24. In amachine for assembling uppers and counters, a counter carrier includingwing encounters, acounter carrier comprising means for gaging membersand pivotally mounted plates counter to varyits pitch. engaging members.

25. In a machine for assembling uppers and counters, a counter carriercomprising wing EDWARD QUINN.

